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Publications

• Penal Reform International, Jimada Zinat, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton (2024) Informal Life Imprisonment: A Policy Briefing on this Harsh, Hidden Sentence, London: Penal Reform International.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit and Christopher Seeds (2023), “Extradition and Whole Life Sentences” Criminal Law Forum  (online).
• Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton and Giao Vucong (eds) (2023), Life Imprisonment in Asia, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit and Katrina Morrison (2020), “The Paradox of Scottish Life Imprisonment” 28 European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 76-101.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton (2019) Life Imprisonment: A Global Human Rights Analysis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
• Penal Reform International, Catherine Appleton and Dirk van Zyl Smit (2018) Life Imprisonment: A Policy Briefing, London: Penal Reform International.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton (2018) “The Ultimate Penalty”, 19 New Philosopher 88-93.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit and Angelika Reichstein (2017) “Lebenslang in Europa: Die neue Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte,” 4 Forum Strafvollzug 229–234.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton (eds.) (2016) Life Imprisonment and Human Rights, Oxford: Hart/Bloomsbury publishing.
• Catherine Appleton and Dirk van Zyl Smit (2016) “The Paradox of Reform: Life Imprisonment in England and Wales”, in Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton (eds.) Life Imprisonment and Human Rights, Oxford: Hart/Bloomsbury.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton and Georgie Benford (2016) “Introduction”, in Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton (eds.) Life Imprisonment and Human Rights, Oxford: Hart/Bloomsbury.
• Vicky Vouleli and Dirk van Zyl Smit (2016) „Réhabilitation et une perspective de libération pour toute personne condamnée à la réclusion à perpétuité“ AJ Pénal  322-325.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit (2015) ‚Lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe in einer globalisierten Welt’ 27 Neue Kriminalpolitik 171-180.
• Catherine Appleton (2015) “Life without Parole”, Oxford Handbook of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Oxford Handbooks Online, New York: Oxford University Press.
• Catherine Appleton and Clive Walker (2015) “The Penology of Terrorism”, in G. Lennon and C. Walker (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.   
• Catherine Appleton (2015) ‘Lone Wolf Terrorism in Norway’, in C. Walker (ed.) Contingencies, Resilience and Legal Constitutionalism. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
• Meritxell Abellán Almenara and Dirk van Zyl Smit (2015) ‘Human Dignity and Life Imprisonment: The Pope Enters the Debate’, Human Rights Law Review, 369–376.
• Catherine Appleton (2015) ‘The Meaning of Life Imprisonment - The Case of Khoroshenko v. Russia’, Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, 6 October 2015. 
• Catherine Appleton (2015) Review of 'Fine Lines and Distinctions: Murder, Manslaughter and the Unlawful Taking of Human Life' by T Morris and L Blom-Cooper (2011) and 'Exploring the Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder' by Barry Mitchell and Julian Roberts (2012), Criminal Law Review, 1: 102-104.
• Catherine Appleton (2014) ‘Lone wolf terrorism in Norway’, Special Issue on ‘Legal Perspectives on Contingencies and Resilience in an Environment of Constitutionalism’, International Journal of Human Rights, 18(2): 127-142.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit, Pete Weatherby and Simon Creighton (2014) “Whole Life Sentences and the Tide of European Human Rights Jurisprudence: What is to be Done?” 14 Human Rights Law Review 14: 59-84.
• Dirk van Zyl Smit (2014) ‘La Pena Dell’ergastolo in un Mondo Globalizzato’ Criminalia: Annuaria die scieze penalistiche 59-73.